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Show 'Before And After' At Bingham Canyon -tr-r r-C v ' , , i ,ff , Before and after comparisons are always In1 ''resting, but the one ot the Utah Copper Is of particular interest to Utahns as its successful success-ful operation has meant so much to the state during the past 40 odd years. The historic picture at the top was taken shortly after 1900 showing show-ing Hlnghani Canyon as 1: wa3 then primarily a logging camp with some gold mining and souio prospecting pro-specting for lead and zinc. Industry Indus-try in the canyon supported only a handful ot people. The picture below shows a part of the same canyon as it is today; a mountain of low grade ore is being whittled away. Bingham canyon has been conrerted into one of America's great Industries and Utah has been enriched to the extent ot millious from the Bins-ham Bins-ham mountain. Since mining was started there in 1904 more than $S72,4 I1,955 has been turned into business and industrial in-dustrial channels of the state in the form of $1G9,5S1,933 for wages; f :,C9,7.'!5,sns for power and supplies; $177,191,317 for frilenil state and city taxes, and J232,932,S07 for smelting, freigbt and refining. |